East 8th Street & Greene Street

East 8th Street and Greene Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) stands 560 feet away, and Astor Place Plaza is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 St-NYU, is about two minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, five of them colleges, and 92 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 St-NYU
450 feet · 2 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
E 8 St/University Pl · M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
Within a walk
25 places
5 colleges, 4 public spaces and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 8th Street & Greene Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 St-NYU, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    450 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Astor Pl 6
    900 feet
    6
  2. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Broadway Diary” (2002) by Timothy Snell at the 8 St-NYU station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 8 St/University Pl, 160 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M8 and M55.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 8 St/University Pl M1, M2, M3, M8 +1
    160 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M8 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M8 …
  5. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 8th Street.

  • 112 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. University Pl & E 8 St 79 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 2 Washington Square Village Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, June 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2
Police precinct
6
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenwich Village
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to midnight on East 8th Street (north side).

South side of East 8th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS

East side of Greene Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Greene Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104503, 105340 and 106006.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 111 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1833 and 1890.

  1. Brown Building (originally Asch Building) Designated landmark
    560 feet
  2. The Sinclair Building Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. One Fifth Avenue Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 5 colleges
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYU Robert F Wagner Grad Sch Pub Ser College
    670 feet
  2. NYU Inst for Education & Social Poli College
    680 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
Show all 10
  1. Harvey Milk High School
    850 feet
  2. Lac Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    880 feet
  3. New York Studio School College · listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  4. Hebrew Union Coll - Jewish Inst College
    1,210 feet
  5. St. John's University Manhattan College
    1,290 feet
  6. Grace Church School Listed historic place
    1,310 feet
  7. Bright Horizons at Noho Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Square Park
    670 feet
  2. Washington Square Park Playground
    950 feet
  3. Toddler Playground
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Georgetown Plaza Public space
    510 feet
  2. Public space at 300 Mercer Street Public space
    670 feet
  3. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    1,170 feet
  2. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hotel Albert Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    970 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. New York University Frederick Loewe Theatre Theater or concert hall
    850 feet
  2. Astor Pl Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  2. Conservative Synagogue 5 House of worship
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    580 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 92 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 8th Street or Greene Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.